Million Dollar Quartet is the name given to recordings made on December 4, 1956 in the Sun Record Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. The recordings were of an impromptu jam session between Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash.
This book details the early lives and careers of the quartet to where they were in 1956. Relevant social and economic factors which meant that a massive audience of young people were keenly looking for a new kind of music they could call their own.
The book is Authored by Stephen Miller, and at 272 pages it is published by Omnibus Press.
Also covered are the "reunions" of surviving members of the quartet, the emergence of the tapes - first on bootleg and then legitimate CDs - and the genesis of the stage show and its reception. This music has enduring appeal.
Order your copy of "The Million Dollar Quartet: by Stephen Miller, by clicking on the provided amazon.com link:
http://www.amazon.com/Million-Dollar-Quartet-Jerry-Johnny/dp/1780385145/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1371855139&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Million+Dollar+Quartet
source: Elvis Matters & amazon.com
This book details the early lives and careers of the quartet to where they were in 1956. Relevant social and economic factors which meant that a massive audience of young people were keenly looking for a new kind of music they could call their own.
The book is Authored by Stephen Miller, and at 272 pages it is published by Omnibus Press.
Also covered are the "reunions" of surviving members of the quartet, the emergence of the tapes - first on bootleg and then legitimate CDs - and the genesis of the stage show and its reception. This music has enduring appeal.
Order your copy of "The Million Dollar Quartet: by Stephen Miller, by clicking on the provided amazon.com link:
http://www.amazon.com/Million-Dollar-Quartet-Jerry-Johnny/dp/1780385145/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1371855139&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Million+Dollar+Quartet
source: Elvis Matters & amazon.com
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